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MetalForming
December 2015 | Volume 49 — Number 12 Cover Story
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Features
16 2015 Awards of Excellence in Metalforming
Reduce the Footprint, Flatten and Feed
With a new solution in place for feeding high-strength steels, metalformer Nahanni Steel Products notes improved safety, processing times and quality, and reduced setup times.
Features
34 Automotive Still
Revving, But is it
Sustainable?
Within the last few months, MetalForming has been on hand to witness several new press installations throughout the United States, all with the primary aim of satisfying automotive’s continuing voracious worldwide appetite. But a new industry report shows that the automotive supply chain must wrestle with numerous challenges to remain successful.
Commentaries
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Connectivity the Key to Unlocking Creativity
Brad F. Kuvin
The Science of Forming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Cutting Can Spoil Stretchability
Stuart Keeler
Tooling by Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
A Brief History of the Tool and Die Industry
Peter Ulintz
Blackman on Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Your IRA from a Tax Loser to a Tax Winner
Irving L. Blackman
Departments
The Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) used
the FABTECH stage in Chicago on November 8 to
present its 2015 Awards of Excellence in Metalforming. Presented annually, the awards recognize the high standards of achievement set by the metalforming industry in the areas of design, product development, safety, process control, quality, productivity, and training and education.
24 Waterjet Machine Thrusts
Ohio Fabricator Into
New High-Tech Territory
“From Stone Age to state-of-the-art” is how Perfection Fabricator’s president describes the addition of waterjet technology. The new equipment has cut delivery time, allowed fabrication of diverse materials and positioned the company to better serve its customers.
28 Fiber Laser Has Material-
Handling-Equipment
Manufacturer Walking On Air
Air-assist gas cuts operating cost to $4/hr. when operating a new fiber-laser cutting machine at Doyle Manufacturing, while optimum machine performance slashes part-processing time by more than 90 percent.
30 Understanding Sensors & Error-Proofing, Part 1:
Inductive Proximity Sensors
This first in a series of articles will address the basic topic of how to properly select, install and protect inductive proximity sensors within tooling.
News Fronts
Tech Update Materials & Coatings Spotlight on PMA . . Classifieds . . . . . . . .
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Ad Index
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